Five top students honored by Lovell High School

A quintet of graduating senior girls will be honored next Monday evening during the 2024 commencement ceremony at Lovell High School, school officials announced last week.

Jadalie Marchant is the valedictorian and carries a 3.9423 grade point average. She also scored a 32 on the ACT, and in a rarity, salutatorians Hallie Cornia and Carissa Lindsay have a 4.0 GPA, but each had a slightly lower score in the ACT, a 31.

Honor students, based on a vote by the Class of 2024, are Croix Tryon and Madison Wolvington.

With her high scores, Marchant, the daughter of Jennie Marchant, received the University of Wyoming Trustees Scholarship and the top-level Hathaway Honors Scholarship. She plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree in computer science, perhaps in UI (user interface) or IT, at the University of Wyoming, then work in the computer field.

Marchant has been active in band as a percussionist for four years and music performance three years.

She listed band director Keath Fenton as a teacher who has made a difference in her life, noting that he “helped boost my confidence, which benefited me in all aspects of my life.” She also noted the role of Gifted and Title One coordinator Carissa Camp, who helped her from elementary school all the way through high school and “personally guided me on my educational journey.”

She noted no inspirations outside of school, saying, “I’m pretty self-driven.”

Asked what she will be doing in 10 years, Marchant noted, “Hopefully making six figures and living comfortably and happily.

Hallie Cornia

Hallie Cornia, the daughter of Mary Cornia, has also received the UW Trustees Scholarship and the Hathaway Honors Scholarship. She has been active in cross country and indoor and outdoor track for four years, has played saxophone in the band (four years) and has acted in music performance class productions. She has also been active in National Honor Society and Wyoming Academic Challenge.

She plans to pursue a degree in civil engineering at the University of Wyoming.

Cornia listed track coach and social studies instructor Caleb Sanders as an inspirational teacher and coach, noting that he has coached her for four years and has been very supportive as a teacher.

She listed her mother, Mary, as an inspiration outside of school, noting, “She always helps keep me on top of things but also is just very supportive and understanding – and a very good example, as well.”

In 10 years Cornia hopes to be “married with a family and in a job that I like and am happy with.”

Carissa Lindsay

The daughter of Chad and Lindsay Lindsay, Carissa Lindsay has received the prestigious Daniels Fund Scholarship, as well as an athletic scholarship for track and field and a Merit Scholarship at the University of Providence in Great Falls, Montana.

She has participated in indoor and outdoor track and field for four years and volleyball for three years. She is the current record holder in the shot put at LHS. She has also been active in band for four years as a saxophonist, is president of National Honor Society and is student body secretary. She has also been active in Skills USA, attending Nationals in the skill of nurse assisting.

Lindsay plans to earn her Bachelor of Science in nursing at Providence, then pursue a master’s degree as a nurse practitioner. She also plans to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after her freshman year of college.

She listed business teacher Jode Kraft as a teacher who made an impact in her life, noting that Kraft introduced her to the Skills USA program, a career readiness program that has “really helped me prepare myself as I am going into nursing.” She is already a licensed CNA and works at the New Horizons Care Center.

She said her parents, siblings and grandparents “have always been super supportive of me in everything I do, and especially my older brothers have really pushed me to work hard and tell me that success is possible.”

In 10 years she hopes to be married with a family and holding a steady job working as a nurse practitioner in Wyoming or Montana.

Croix Tryon

The daughter of Syd and Dusti Tryon, Croix Tryon has received a Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Scholarship. She has competed on the Powell High School swimming team for four years, was the wrestling manager for four years at LHS, is president of the Lovell FFA chapter and four-year member and is also in NHS and band, playing the baritone.

She plans to attend the Maine Maritime Academy and major in marine biology and small vessel operations.

“I’ve been interested in marine biology since third grade, so that’s what I’ve pushed toward, even as I’ve gotten older, and just looking into it more, it’s still something that I really want to do,” she said. “I love animals, and I love the water, so marine biology is kind of both of those.

“It’ll be four years for marine biology and an extra year to get licensed to drive ships, and because of the NROTC Scholarship and how that works, I’ll commission into the Navy with a five-year minimum service requirement, but I’ll be an officer.”

She said Bret George has been very helpful to her, providing help and guidance during early morning tutoring time.

“Mr. George is the teacher who watches over that,” she said, adding that George helps by “just talking through college and what I want to do and grades and how my life is going.”

Ten years from now, Tryon hopes to be working as a researcher “out in the field for marine life,” perhaps studying whales, dolphins and marine mammals.

Madison Wolvington

Madison Wolvington has received a Non-Residential scholarship from Utah State University and has been active in volleyball, golf, basketball (four years), student council and National Honor Society, currently serving as vice president.

She will attend Utah State and major in nursing, choosing a field after she graduates from college as a registered nurse.

Wolvington said language arts teacher Katie Hernandez has been a big help to her, noting, “She’s like my school mom,” editing papers for both college and high school courses.

The daughter of Dan and Melissa Wolvington, she said her parents have been active in “pushing me and making sure that I was doing what I was supposed to be doing so that I wasn’t too overwhelmed and stressed, that if I was I could calm down.”

Ten years from now she hopes to have a family, “and I won’t be living in Wyoming, I can tell you that,” she added, noting that she wants to live somewhere warmer.